Highway appliance



Dec. 15, 1936. p J. CASEY ETAL 2,064,519

HIGHWAY APPLIANCE Filed Jan. 27, 1936 Inventors P. J Case Attorneys Patented Dec. 15, 1936 OFFICE HIGHWAY APPLIANCE Application January 27, 1936, Serial No. 61,072

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in safety appliances for highways.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an appliance for highways in the form of a marker and guard for disposition on head walls and culverts which when struck will not damage or shock an automobile.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated which will be of low cost to manufacture.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a pair of head walls showing one of the safety appliances on each end thereof.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of one of appliances.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the device is constructed of sheet metal and consists of the side walls 6-6 and top wall 7. This box like formation is tapered down toward the rear end and terminates in a flat extension 8 having a short reinforcing plate 9 attached to the bottom side thereof, so that holes can be disposed through the side walls and wall 5. An upstanding arm H is provided at the front end of the device and has a laterally disposed end portion l2 at its lower end attached to the top wall I by a bolt E3. The arm I I has an opening M in the upper portion thereof to receive a red or other colored glass indicating insert (not shown).

Obviously a guard constructed in the manner set forth above and placed on each end of a highway wall will serve to prevent an automobile from striking and stopping against the wall, but will cause the automobile to ride over the wall with less damage to the vehicle.

It can be seen, that the wide end portion of the box-like structure is placed over an end portion of the head Wall A. Obviously, one of these box-like structures is placed, or can be placed over each end portion of the head wall, but it should be borne in mind that these box-like structures must be placed on the ends of the head wall adjacent the side of the road on which trafiic is approaching, so that in the event a vehicle is driven toward the head wall, it will ride up on the inclined end portion of the boxlike structure, strike the upstanding ductile arm ii carrying the reflector at the top thereof thus preventing any damage to the vehicle, at least to the extent that would be incurred if the vehicle had struck the head wall solidly.

The bolts ill extend through the head wall A and through openings in the box-like structure to definitely secure the box-like structure on the head wall so that it can be removed when desired.

Furthermore, it can be seen that the upstanding arm ll (one for each box-like structure) will project sufiiciently upward so as to be above a snow drift against the head wall A to the end that the drivers will know where the head walls are located in deep snows.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An attachment in the form of an extension for head walls comprising a box-like structure open at one end, the open end of the structure being adapted to receive one end of a head wall, said box-like structure being provided with a sloping opposite end wall adapted to cause the upward deflection of any object striking the same.

PATRICK J. CASEY. MENZO S. SIBLEY. 

